The Water's Lovely, (Paperback)

from Mooose

It's a fine line between keeping your readers in suspense and having them scream, "Just get on with it already!" and this book walked it. I was second guessing everything we were told by Ismay and, and more than point, desperately wanted to give her a shake. Rendell is not afraid to have difficul...

from lauraface21

The beginning of this book hooked me. The middle dragged on and got a little boring. After the climax a very good climax i thought that the end of the book would be a positive. However, it proved to be a depressing one. I wasn't very satisfied with the book but, felt obligated to finish it just t...

from charlie68

I read this book for some light reading after reading works from the eighteenth century and perhaps it was a little to light. A good ending with some flat characters, there is better works by Rendell than this. The non-Wexford novels arent as good. The characters in those novels make them a joy t...

from stonelaura

For those mystery readers that favor in-depth character development with just a hint of suspicion thrown in, The Water's Lovely will be just the refreshing dip that's called for. Rendell, the three-time Edgar Award-winning author of the Wexford series, has created a stand-alone gem that reads lik...

from DeltaQueen50

I have a long history with Ruth Rendell and she has the ability to either astonish and delight me, or frustrate and disappoint me. In The Water's Lovely, she manages to do all four. No one is better at building a story, layer by layer than Ruth Rendell, and here she takes a group of people, some ...